{"id":399,"date":"2015-07-01T10:42:52","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T10:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hids4u.co.uk\/blog\/?p=399"},"modified":"2015-07-01T10:42:52","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T10:42:52","slug":"the-end-beginning-of-top-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hids4u.co.uk\/blog\/the-end-beginning-of-top-gear\/","title":{"rendered":"The End (&#038; Beginning) of Top Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The final episode of  the &lsquo;old&rsquo; Top Gear setup was aired recently, and was certainly a mood change from what we&rsquo;ve come to expect, with the &lsquo;elephant in the room&rsquo; being evident, literally.<\/p>\n<p>An eerily silent and empty studio featured the two, supposedly &lsquo;remaining&rsquo; presenters for one last time. Was this actually an episode of Top Gear, or was this simply a way of the BBC not wasting the film they&rsquo;ve already made before the Clarkson &lsquo;fracas&rsquo;? <\/p>\n<p>Turns out, that&rsquo;s exactly what it seemed to be. Without the context of the show to break up the chaos of both films in one sitting, it felt a bit drawn out. <\/p>\n<p>Hammond and May didn&rsquo;t even hide the fact that they looked like they didn&rsquo;t want to be there, and when wrapping the show up, they unceremoniously said thank you for watching, with the credits rolling to silence. <\/p>\n<p>A huge departure from all the fanfare, applause and famous theme tune you normally get.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 0;margin-bottom: 16px;padding-bottom: 56.25%;padding-top: 25px;position: relative;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"height: 100%;left: 0;position: absolute;top: 0;width: 100%;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V6qXxSPy_Co\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Top Blokes?<\/h2>\n<p>When the incident regarding Clarkson happened earlier this year, it became a major news story all over the world, as one of the world&rsquo;s most viewed shows; remarkable really when you consider the content on paper.<\/p>\n<p>When you take into consideration all the motoring shows the world over that don&rsquo;t garner nearly the same reaction than Top Gear has, you realise, is it the cars, or is it that jovial friendship-chemistry between the trio that audiences have fallen for? I&rsquo;d bet on the latter.<\/p>\n<p>The unique thing that Top Gear always offered was entertainment first, with cars second. You could have only but a fleeting interest in motoring and would still find it enjoyable. <\/p>\n<p>However, this entertainment program had increasingly disenfranchised many car fans from which the core viewership was founded upon.<\/p>\n<h2>Launch of a New Model<\/h2>\n<p>But, you have to remember how long the shows been on for, and to coin the cricketing term, &lsquo;They&rsquo;ve had a good innings&rsquo;. <\/p>\n<p>Has the format become a little tired? Is there room for new blood? Do they want to appeal to the real motoring enthusiast again? That seems like the logical direction for the show to go.<\/p>\n<p>I for one, am optimistic about the future of (dare I say, a possibly less silly) Top Gear, as I suppose we all knew like many good things, they can&rsquo;t last forever. <\/p>\n<p>While Chris Evans isn&rsquo;t everyone&apos;s cup of tea, I think everyone can agree that he certainly knows his stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Although nothing is currently 100% confirmed, Clarkson, May &amp; Hammond are likely to migrate to a rival broadcaster, with their own unique take on motoring journalism to continue, perhaps in a slightly different direction.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever comes of it, we might even get 2 great motoring shows on telly, and wouldn&rsquo;t that be something\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final episode of the &lsquo;old&rsquo; Top Gear setup was aired recently, and was certainly a mood change from what we&rsquo;ve come to expect, with the &lsquo;elephant in the room&rsquo; being evident, literally. 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